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1 online resource (275 pages) |
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| Summary |
Americans Jenny and her brother, Tom, are off to England: Tom to university, to dodge the Vietnam draft, Jenny to be the new girl at a boarding school, Illington Hall. This is Jenny's chance to finally stand out, so accidentally, on purpose, she tells a lie. But in the small world of Ill Hall, everyone has something to hide. Jenny pretends she has a boyfriend. Robbie and Luke both pretend they don't. Brenda won't tell what happened with the school doctor. Nico wants to hide his mother's memoir. Percy keeps his famous dad a secret. Oona lies to everyone. Penelope lies only to herself. Deftly told from multiple points of view in various narrative styles, including letters and movie screenplays, What We Hide is provocative, honest, often funny, and always intriguing. From the Hardcover edition. |
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HL 720 Lexile. |
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HL720L Lexile |
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Told from multiple viewpoints, high school junior Jenny of Philadelphia spends a semester at a Quaker boarding school in Sheffield, England, near where her brother is avoiding the Vietnam draft, and where everyone carries close-held secrets. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
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Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
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Boarding schools -- Fiction.
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Schools -- Fiction.
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Secrets -- Fiction.
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Foreign study -- Fiction.
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Children's stories.
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Children's stories. |
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Sheffield (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952- -- Fiction.
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Electronic books. |
| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Jocelyn, Marthe. What we hide New York : Wendy Lamb Books, 2014 9780385738477 (DLC) 2013015146 (OCoLC)853494893 |
| ISBN |
9780375894657 : $50.97 |
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0375894659 : $50.97 |
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